Valeria Bilello (born 2 May 1982) is an Italian actress and model.

Biography

Valeria Bilello was born in

Sciacca Sciacca (; Greek language, Greek: ; Latin: Thermae Selinuntinae, Thermae Selinuntiae, Thermae, Aquae Labrodes and Aquae Labodes) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Agrigento on the southwestern coast of Sicily, southern Italy. It has vi ...

, in

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, Italy, on 2 May 1982, and grew up in

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. During her high-school studies in foreign languages, she made her debut in the showbiz starting to model and shooting commercials. After her film studies in Milan, in 2006 she shot the short film ''Attesa'', winner at the ''Festival Sguardi Altrove''. In 2008 she started her career as an actress, playing in the movie ''

Giovanna's Father ''Giovanna's Father'' ( it, Il papà di Giovanna) is a 2008 Italian drama film directed by Pupi Avati. Plot In Bologna in the late 1930s, Michele Casali (Silvio Orlando) teaches design at the same institute where his daughter Giovanna (Alba Ro ...

'', directed by

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and presented at the ''

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''. In 2010, Academy Award winner

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chose her for the movie '' Happy Family'', for which she was awarded as best actress at the ''Festival International du film de Boulogne-Billancourt''. Between 2011 and 2012 she played different roles: in ''Il giorno in più'' by Massimo Venier, in ''I soliti idioti'' by Enrico Lando, in ''Ti amo troppo per dirtelo'' by

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and in ''Come non detto'' by Ivan Silvestrini. In 2013 she played in ''Pazze di me'' by

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, in ''

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'' by

Valeria Golino Valeria Golino (born 22 October 1965) is an Italian actress and film director. She is best known to English-language audiences for her roles in ''Rain Man'', ''Big Top Pee-wee'' and the two ''Hot Shots!'' films, particularly the olive-in-the-bell ...

and she was the only Italian actress in '' One Chance'' by

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. In 2014 she will be on the screen in the movie ''Io, Arlecchino'' by Giorgio Pasotti. In 2012

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wanted her to be the worldwide testimonial of the fragrance ''Armani Code Luna'' commercial and print campaign. The campaign led to the creation of a trilogy of short movies (''Olga'', ''Alice'' and ''Valeria''), directed by

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, Can Evgin and Julien Carlier and in collaboration with the magazine ''Purple''.

Filmography

Films

Television

Music videos

Non-scripted television shows

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* ''Web Chart'' (1999–2000) * ''Hitlist Italia'' * ''Dancefloor Chart'' * ''Romalive'' (2000–2001) * ''MTV Select'' (2002–2004) * ''MTV on the beach'' (2001, 2003–2004) * ''Dance Show'' (2004–2005)

All Music

* ''Call Center'' (2006) * ''One Shot Revolution'' (2006-2009) * ''All Music Show'' (2006) * ''Playlist'' * ''Community'' (2008) * ''On Live'' (2008)

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* ''Nonsolomoda'', ''

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'' (2010-2011)

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– ''

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'' (2003) *

– ''Olga'', directed by

and Can Evgin (2011) *

– ''Alice'', directed by

and Can Evgin (2012) *

– ''Valeria'', directed by Olivier Zahm and Julien Carlier (2012) *

– ''Armani Code Luna'' (2012)

Videoclip

*Pier Cortese – ''Dimmi come passi le notti'', directed by Jacopo Tartarone (2006) *Mambassa – ''Melancholia'', directed by Lorenzo Vignolo (2015)

Awards

*2006: Best Directing Award at the ''Festival Sguardi Altrove'' for the short film ''Attesa''. *2010: Best Actress Award at the ''Festival International du film de Boulogne-Billancourt'' for the film ''Happy Family'' directed by

. *2015: L'Oréal Paris for Cinema Award at

References

External links

Official Facebook page
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Tavistock Wood Agency

TNA Agency

WhyNotModels Agency
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